how is sarah smith going to do. what separates her from adam smith? >> actually the thing i find most interesting on her platform is that she wants to make sure that everyone who buys a gun completes a background check, including individuals who are purchasing guns at gun shows. sarah, if you are watching this show. hate it break it to you that

sarah smith, bbc news.re at two o'clock but now all the sports news with chris. hello, i'm chris mitchell, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: city pay the penalty. riyad mahrez misses from the spot as liverpool and city draw. world number two caroline wozniacki wins her third event of the season at the china open. and more of a spint than a marathon as mo farah breaks records in chicago. we were all so excited... we had good reason to be excited. last season. . . in four games liverpool and manchester city provided 18 goals. on sunday, the top two in the premier league couldn't manage one, but city came close to ending their horrible run at anfield. but it didn't go according to plan. riyad mahrez missed a penalty with five minutes

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.ourt against former english defence league leader tommy robinson has been referred up to the government's top legal adviser. mr robinson appeared at the old bailey, facing an allegation that he had committed contempt by filming people at a criminal trial. thejudge ruled it needed to be referred to the attorney general for further consideration. 35—year—old robinson — who appeared under his real name, stephen yaxley—lennon — is on bail. the government will urge ferry and freight companies to plan alternative routes if a no—deal brexit blocks cross—channel traffic. the plans emerged after today's cabinet meeting in downing street, at which ministers were updated on contingency plans if we leave the eu without a deal. our deputy political editor john pienaar is in downing street. what more can you tell us? preparations for the disruption of brexit talks ending in no deal have grown more urgent and today worries about protecting the supply of vital commodities, including medicines came up

sarah smith, bbc news.onfirmed that the president of interpol, who vanished while visiting the country, has been detained for what it described it as suspected legal violations. meng hongwei, who was the first chinese citizen to lead the agency, had left lyon, where interpol is based, on the 25th of september. reporter simonjones gave more details. this has been a big mystery. mr meng was first reported missing by his wife and today she gave an emotional news c0 nfe re nce wife and today she gave an emotional news conference saying she had no idea what had happened to him, she feared for his safety. she said to last heard from him on the day he disappeared on social media when he said wait for my call but that call never came. today we've heard from the chinese authorities, they say he's been detained in the country. the announcement came from their anticorruption the announcement came from their anticorru ption body, although the announcement came from their anticorruption body, although they didn't give a

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.ators, which owns ladbrokes and coral, has called for a ban on gambling advertising on television, before the 9pm watershed. the industry's been under growing pressure to tackle problems associated with gambling. the industry itself is growing. in 2014 to 2015, it was worth £12.5 billion in the uk. two years later, that went up to nearly £14 billion. 0ur media editor amol rajan has been to meet two families who've experienced the consequences when gambling becomes an addiction. jack ritchie was a bright, middle—class sheffield boy. butjust under a year ago, to the utter shock of his family, he took his own life from a rooftop in hanoi. —— he took his own life from a rooftop in hanoi. the reason? gambling. his parents, liz and charles, are campaigning for a landmark legal ruling, arguing that his right to life under the european union convention was violated. together with other bereaved families, they want tougher restrictions on gambling. the mental health issues that gambling raises

sarah smith with that report., sarah montague speaks to author paul redmond on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm sarah montague. it was front—page news around the world when a mass grave was discovered at a mother and baby home in ireland. the remains of almost 800 babies were found. but research by paul redmond, my guest today, showed that was only the tip of the iceberg. he collected evidence of higher death rates at homes for illegitimate children across ireland, and he also claimed catholic nuns who ran them were trading in adoptions, being paid to send children to the united states for adoption, often against the mother's wishes, and sometimes without her knowledge. he was born in one of those homes and adopted before he was a month old. now he feels he has a duty to expose what went on. paul redmond, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you refer to a life—changing moment in your book the adoption machine when you went back to the home in which you were born, in 2011, with a group of other people who had been ad

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.ed in a limousine crash in upstate new york. all those travelling inside the limousine as well as two pedestrians were killed. officials say it is the worst us transport tragedy in nearly a decade. officials in beijing have confirmed that the missing chinese head of interpol is being held in china on allegations of bribe—taking. meng hongwei disappeared last week after travelling from interpol headquarters in france to china. mr meng is the latest high—profile target to be ensnared in china's sweeping anti—corruption campaign. in the first case of its kind, an 85—year—old retired doctor in spain has been found guilty of taking a newborn baby from her mother nearly 50 years ago, and having her illegally adopted, under a practice targeted at political dissidents during general franco's dictatorship. but a court allowed the former doctor to walk free, as lucy williamson reports from madrid. sometimes history is told through a single face, a single trial. the story of ines madrigal was rec

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.n part in a summit in london aimed at helping to improve mental health around the world. prince william and kate were greeted by the health secretary, matt hancock. experts and policy makers are attending the two—day event to discuss issues such as how to deal with the stigma and perception of mental health. the bbc has confirmed that the comedian seann walsh will be dancing with his partner katya jones on strictly this saturday. it follows speculation that the pair might have to quit the show after they found themselves on the front pages this morning, photographed kissing on a night out. msjones is married to another dancer on the show, the girlfriend of seann walsh has publicly chucked him and criticised his behaviour towards her. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has the latest. seann walsh and his dance partner katya jones wowing the audience and the judges on saturday night's strictly. they were watched by millions at home... ..and cheered on in the studio by walsh's gi

sarah smith, bbc news.tory — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages ff at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist caroline frost. the sandwich chain pret a manger has said another of its customers has died from a suspected allergic reaction. the company is blaming one of its suppliers. it says a yoghurt, which was supposed to be dairy—free, contained traces of milk protein. the supplier, a company called coyo, has dismissed the claim as "unfounded". it follows the death of another pret customer, 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from a reaction to sesame seeds. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bath... this is the type of super veg rainbow flatbread at the centre of this incident. the person who ate one died in december last year. we don't have details about the person who bought a sandwich from the shop, but it is believed they had an allergic reaction to the product whic

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. summit involving experts from around the world opened in london today. one in four people are affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives and it's a challenge for all countries. according to the world health organisation, low—income countries spend on averagejust 0.5% of their health budget on mental health. in a country like ghana, that means there is just one psychiatrist to treat every 1.2m people. because of the lack of medical support available, many people with mental problems turn to prayer camps and traditional healing centres for help. despite a government ban, many of these institutions use chains to restrain their patients and a bbc investigation has found that in one case a prayer camp is now putting those with mental issues in cages. the bbc‘s sulley lansah, who is based in ghana, sent us this report. and i pray tojesus! praying away their problems. these worshippers at mount horeb prayer camp believe they are possessed by the devil and are i

here's our scotland editor, sarah smith.there might be another independence referendum, has come to the wrong place, but there is another vote on offer, the snp will support a second referendum on brexit. i don't think it would be right for us to stand in the way of people elsewhere in the uk getting the chance to change their minds, and it would also i think, be odd fast to not grasp be odd for us to not grasp an opportunity for scotland to reaffirm its vote to remain in the eu. you have got no guarantees you will have the same outcome that you did in 2016, scotland votes to remain, but it is outnumbered by the vote of the rest of the uk, what could you do about that? i think in fact, it doesn't necessarily solve the problem that scotland finds itself in. yes, we can look at options that might protect scotland's position, but fundamentally, the only real protection for scotland against having decisions imposed on us against our will is the scotland to become independent. the snp and the education secretary have a more immed

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.china is building a vast network of internment camps for its muslim population in the western region of xinjiang. experts say one facility we've identified could be one of the biggest detention centres in the world. it's thought as many as a million muslims from the uighur community are being held without trial in xinjiang. china denies the claims, saying it has a programme of "vocational training centres" needed to combat the threat of terrorism. but the bbc has seen analysis that suggests the number of secure, prison—like facilities in the area has more than doubled in the past two years. accounts of life for individuals inside these places tell of abuse and humiliation. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth reports from a part of the country where journalists are often prevented from filming. in xinjiang, displays of police might are everywhere. but there is something here they don't want you to see. huge fences all around. behind these blue steel walls, in a former school, is what

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. fighting president assad's regime. idlib province is now home to 3 million civilians among them up to 90 thousand anti—government rebels including extremistjihadists. president assad's forces were expected to launch a final offensive on idlib last month — but that was postponed after an agreement to create a demilitarized zone surrounding the rebel area. it was brokered by russia, which supports president assad, and by turkey, to the north. but president assad has not ruled out future military action, in his bid to restore complete control over his country. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from the front line in idlib, a place fewjournalists have been able to get to. in this war most syrian christians have chosen silence or the regime. at st george's church, the local commander is proud that his mostly christian town has had a bishop since the fourth century. and he is proud that in the fight to end the rebellion in idlib, christians from the town are in the front line. the

our scotland editor sarah smith reports.ls for a second referendum on the terms of brexit were accompanied through central london today by hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all, mps should look at an alternative. there's no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances, and i've said before we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would — that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but, for many nationalists, that is not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh

our scotland editor sarah smith reports.ms of brexit were accompanied through central london by hundreds of dogs, their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all, mps should look at an alternative. there's no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances, and i've said before we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would — that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but, for many nationalists, that is not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh in support of a second referendum on scottish indep

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. has held talks with russia's president vladimir putin to explain why the us is pulling out of a 30—year—old nuclear treaty. the 90—minute meeting also touched on the conflict in syria and alleged russian meddling in the 2016 us presidential election. earlier, mr bolton dismissed russia's warning that scrapping the arms pact would make the world a more dangerous place. the russians have said this would make the world more dangerous place, do you agree with that present i think this recognises the change reality and i think given russian violations of the treaty as well, you can't rely on technology. you have to rely on the fax on the grounds that we see. john bolton there. barbara plett—usher is in washington. barbara, a lot of interest in this announcement about the russian treaty. what came out ofjohn bolton's interaction with the russian president? he had to explain to mr putin why the americans were taking this step because it seems to have come over the decision quite suddenly and

against since 2006 and that some had lost thousands of pounds a year in pay. 0ur scotland editor sarah smitheports from glasgow. francis is a social care worker who said she did not want to go on strike but feels she has no choice. francis and her colleagues say they are paid up to £3 an hour less than men doing similar work because of pay structures that penalise those who work irregular hours, the vast majority of whom are women. there are cleaners and carers and dinner school ladies getting a lot less tha n dinner school ladies getting a lot less than men for doing the same jobs or similarjobs. we do so much more, compared to a cleansing worker, a gardner, so there is no comparison. we are dealing with people's lives. we want equality. we wa nt to people's lives. we want equality. we want to be treated equal. primary schools and nurseries across the city are closed and most home care services suspended. glasgow city council say that that is putting some vulnerable people at risk, like irene who needs four care visits a day to make sure that she takes essential medication. what do you need

sarah smith reports. chanting. hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all, mps should look at an alternative. there is no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances and i've said before, we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would. that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but for many nationalists, that's not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh yesterday in support of a second referendum on scottish independence. opinion polls published today

our scotland editor sarah smith reports.econd referendum on the terms of brexit were accompanied through central london today by hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all, mps should look at an alternative. there is no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances and i've said before, we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would. that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but for many nationalists, that's not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh yesterday i

sarah smith and greg jarrett and catherrine are here tonight. in 28 days we the people will decide the fate of your government. hillary clinton is throwing herself back into the political fray. she'll make a lot of money doing so. demonizing conservatives. we are all irredeemable, smelly wal-mart people. we cling to god, guns, bibles and religion. this is the latest. >> you can't be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. that's why i believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and/or the senate, that's when civility can start again. >> sean: in the season time, no civility. we have angry mobs of left wing protestors blocking traffic. portland's liberal mayor did zero to stop this. take a look. >> watch out you white little [bleep]. >> [shouting]. >> you are a whitey, aren't you? get the [bleep] out of here. >> [bleep]. >> turn right. >> you are blocking traffic. >> you can turn. >> [screaming]. >> [shouting]. >> [bleep]. >> [bleep]. [bleep]. >> [shouting]. >> [screaming]. >> hey,

our scotland editor sarah smith reports from the conference.for another independence referendum? and would she, like theresa may, dance on stage? you will have noticed my shoes. i can barely walk in these heels. dancing was never an option. scotland needs independence now more than ever, she said, and she had a message for the pm who made clear again this week that she would not allow another independence vote. you can oppose independence, that is your democratic right. but you cannot and you will not deny scotland's right to choose. but there was not even a hint of when she might ask scottish voters to make that choice. the snp leader will not even discuss the timing until the terms of brexit are clear. so she told her party they had to be pragmatic and patient as well as passionate. the challenge for nicola sturgeon is how to maintain this level of enthusiasm as she is telling her party that they have to wait for another referendum and be patient. it depends how long. you know, patient, till early next year? oh, i think patience is a virtue a

how is sarah smith going to do. what separates her from adam smith? most interesting on her platform is that she wants to make sure that everyone who buys a gun completes a background check, including individuals who are purchasing guns at gun shows. sarah, if you are watching this show. hate it break it to you that you is already the federal law of the land. you already have to do it. that's something she clearly just understanding what she is talking about. when it comes to that at all. in a recent interview with fox news. she said that the purpose of government is to empower individuals to make choices to which i say no. it's to protect the natural rights that we have given to us by god. brian: as tom perez said there is not really moderates left in the democratic party coobleg there undoing. thank you so much. >> thank you. brian the left's threats coming to new extreme. one teacher tweeting. this who is going to take one for the team and kill kavanaugh? and it only gets worse from there plus charlie hurt will be here live. weigh in on what he saw

arm spinners kirstie gordon and linsey smith receive their first call—ups along with batter sophia dunkley, but they'll be without experienced wicket keeper sarahurrie has been at lords for us. the home of english cricket. next month, english woman will be swapping this place for the sunny shores of the west indies for the t20 world cup. and after they claim the title in the one—day format of the title in the one—day format of the game last year, england have the chance to be crowned world champions. in a moment, we will hear from the captain, heather knight, but first he is the coach who today announced his squad. we dream to win. there is no point going if you don't believe in plan and dream to win. so that's all we've been really thinking of for the last year, we have had other games to win the summer but our focus since the new year has been on trying to shape up for the t20. as someone who won't be on tour, sarah taylor, it was a mutual decision, health comes first. how is sarah? calum a lot better than she has been previously, what we have tried to do with her is recognise where she isn't the last thing we want to do is make a go back to

smith and others. i want to thank robin wright of the new yorker. sarahof human rights watch, and karen, who had to leave, of the washington post. once again, i think all for joining us. [applause] please keep your seats. there will be a momentary rotation of power. >> [indiscernible voices] >> [indiscernible voices] [applause] >> from the carnegie endowment for international peace. i still need to turn my mic on. here we go. i am happy to be with you to moderate the second panel in which we will focus more on the role of the united states and the interaction between the united states and saudi arabia on this very terrible affair of what happened to jamal khashoggi , who was a valued friend and colleague to many of us, including me. so, with me we have ambassador jim smith, who was the u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia from 2009 to 2013, and stephen mcinerney, the executive director of the project on middle eastern marcus e. let me start with you, jim. discussion ina the last panel about what is at what is at stake within the kingdom of saudi arabia. a disc

smith this morning. critics slamming the president's plan saying an executive order on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. sarah sanders is placing blame on the democrats. >> let's not forget why we're even here at all. that's because of the failure of congress, democrats in congress to actually do their job. again, the president is going to take whatever powers he has to protect our borders and to protect our country. >> julie: doug mcelway is live from the white house this morning. >> bill: we're headed for another major showdown immigration after the president signaled his intention to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship saying it lures many illegals here for the purpose of producing anchor babies. >> president trump: you can do it with an act of congress, but now they're saying i can do it just with an executive order. how ridiculous, we're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous and it has to end. >> sarah sanders was asked just thi

smith this morning. critics slamming the president's plan saying an executive order on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. sarahpresident is going

earlier i spoke to solomon smith, who runs brixton soup kitchen, alex gordon who collected money for the charity before realising it was a scam, and sarahs and then after those three weeks, we found out it was sort of a scam company. and obviously i stopped work immediately and this is when i was talking to the police and the charity commission. and we tried to tell as many people as possible that we had found out it was a scam, but we didn't have everyone's numbers because there was just so many different people involved. so i think it was people who were there for the last sort of two weeks after i left that this was happening to. how did you find out it was a scam company? so, there was a few things over the few weeks that sort of where adding up the scene a bit strange, and i think, i was saying this the other day, i think because, everyone that worked there was in the position that they needed the money, so we just, i think we didn't want to believe that it wasn't a real company at first. but, yeah, things started to add up thatjust seemed a bit strange. so we had spoken to the second charity, brixton soup kitchen, which is what so

smith. the number of suspicious packages now stand at nine. in addition to joe biden and robert de niro, topics include other top democrats, as well as cnn. sarah sanders addressing the threat moments ago. >> look at, the president has been made aware of the latest developments. as he said yesterday, he has continued to say from day one of taking office that we condemn violence and all forms. this is a despicable act. certainly something that should never take place in america. >> bill: still full coverage of where we stand, tribeca, that is near dinero's office. a starting on the investigative front with catherine herridge now. >> thank you, bill, and good morning. issued this statement is late yesterday, asking for the public's health, saying that no piece of information is too small. warning that war packages may be out there. newly identified package in new york city and another in delaware, targeting joe biden. within the last 72 hours, investigation is now within -- george soros arrived on monday, followed by former secretary of state hillary clinton, barack obama, john brennan, delivered to cnn. eric holder, and congresswoman maxine wate